Children's Technology Review

VEXcode VR

Windows, Mac OSX, Chrome

Teaches: coding

Game Builder Garage

$30, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo DS

Teaches: coding, programming

Snap Circuits Discover Coding

$83, Smart Toy, iPad, iPhone, Android

Teaches: circuits, electricity, science, STEM, coding

CTR Rating: 96%

Code the Robot Save the Cat

$3.99, iPad, iPhone, Android

Teaches: math, logic, coding, directions, commands, problem solving

CTR Rating: 90%

Coding Critters

$40, Smart Toy

Teaches: programming, coding

CTR Rating: 88%

Code-a-Pillar Twist

$35, Smart Toy

Teaches: STEM, coding

CellRobot

Teaches: robotics, stem

KUBO

$279, Smart Toy

Teaches: coding, programming, robots

Coding, the Musical

iPad, iPhone

Teaches: coding

Botley the Coding Robot

$60, Smart Toy

Teaches: spatial reasoning, Mathematics

Root

$200, Smart Toy, iPad, iPhone

Teaches: Art/Creativity, planning, Mathematics, coding

Raspberry Pi Smart Robot Car Kit

$139

Teaches: robotics, electronics, Scratch, programming

Pai Augie - Coding Robot

$200, iPad, Android

Teaches: robotics, programming

CTR Rating: 68%

micro:bit by the BBC

$15, iPad, iPhone, Android

Teaches: STEM, coding, programming

mBot by MakeBlock

$97, Smart Toy

Teaches: robotics, programming, STEM

Boogie Bot - Coding for Kids

$4.99

Teaches: coding, music, programming

LEGO Boost

$160, iPad, Android

Teaches: creativity, programming, LEGO blocks

Cozmo

$180, iPad, iPhone, Kindle

Teaches: robotics, programming, cameras

CTR Rating: 88%

Code & Go Robot Mouse Activity Set

$25, Smart Toy

Teaches: coding, math, maps, spatial relations, mazes

COJI

$60, iPad, Android, iPhone

Teaches: programming, coding

Swift Playgrounds

iPad (iOS 10 required)

Teaches: coding, programming, creativity, logic, math

CTR Rating: 95%

Osmo Coding

$75, iPad (regular sized only)

Teaches: coding, logic, math, counting, number lines

CTR Rating: 88%

Nancy Drew's Codes and Clues

$3.99, iPad, iPhone, Android, Kindle

Teaches: problem solving, coding

CTR Rating: 78%

Infinite Arcade, The by Tinybop

$2.99, iPad

Teaches: creativity, game design, art, temporal relations

CTR Rating: 96%

Think & Learn Code-A-Pillar

$50, Smart Toy

Teaches: STEM, coding

CTR Rating: 82%

WeDo 2.0

$160290, iPad, iPhone, Android, Windows, Mac OSX

Teaches: science, STEM, robotics, programming, coding

CTR Rating: 92%

BB-8

$150, iPad, iPhone, Android

Teaches: robotics, fine motor coordination, Star Wars

CTR Rating: 88%

Everything Machine, The

$2.99, iPad

Teaches: creativity, logic, STEM, electronics, circuits, robotics

CTR Rating: 96%

StikBot and StikBot Studio Pro

$4.99, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch (iOS 7.0 or later) Android

Teaches: stopmotion

CTR Rating: 90%

SPRK by Sphero

$130, Smart Toy, Android, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch (iOS 8.0 or later)

Teaches: programming, operating a remote control, robotics

Dash & Dot Wonder Pack

$280, iPad, Android

Teaches: STEM, programming, robotics

Attributes by Math Doodles

$2.99, iPad

Teaches: Math, logic, Venn diagrams, classification, counting, if then loops

CTR Rating: 96%

MIT App Inventor

Android, Windows, Mac OSX, Chrome

Teaches: coding, programming, creativity

Auxy: Beat Studio

iPad

Teaches: music, creativity, rhythm, beat, logic

CTR Rating: 94%

Ozobot

$50100, iPad, Android

Teaches: STEM, robotics, programming

Crazy Gears

$1.99, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch (iOS 8.0 or later)

Teaches: math, creativity, problem solving, logic, gears, physics, physical science, torque

CTR Rating: 98%

CodeSpark Academy With The Foos

$7.99, iPad, iPhone, Android, Kindle, Mac OSX, Internet Site

Teaches: coding, math, creativity

CTR Rating: 96%

CotBot City

$2.99, Kindle

Teaches: creativity, spatial relations, fine motor, community helpers, maps, cars, trucks

CTR Rating: 92%

Code Studio

Windows, Mac OSX, Chrome, Internet Site

Teaches: coding, programming

Lightbot Jr.

$2.99, iPad, iPhone, Android

Teaches: programming, math, coding

CTR Rating: 92%

ScratchJr

iPad, Android

Teaches: programming, logic, creativity, coding, art, math

CTR Rating: 80%

LittleBigPlanet 3

$60, PlayStation 4

Teaches: logic, creativity, game design

Robot Turtles

$25, board game

Teaches: programming, coding, problem solving

Tynker

iPad, iPhone, Android

Teaches: programming, coding

CTR Rating: 92%

VEX IQ System

$300, Smart Toy

Teaches: programming, robotics

Sphero 2B

$130, Smart Toy

Teaches: programming, logic, spatial relations

Sphero 2.0

$130, Smart Toy

Teaches: spatial relations, programming

Hopscotch (3.0)

iPad, iPhone

Teaches: programming, logic, creativity, coding

CTR Rating: 95%

Scratch 2.0

Windows, Mac OSX

Teaches: programming, debugging, logic, math, science, STEM

CTR Rating: 97.5%

Snap Circuits Deluxe Light and Sound Combo

$150, Smart Toy

Teaches: circuits, electricity, science, STEM

CTR Rating: 96%

Cato's Hike

$2.99, iPad, iPhone

Teaches: programming, logic

CTR Rating: 78%

Tagamoto Road Set

$30, Smart Toy

Teaches: programming, physical computing

Math Doodles

$2.99, iPad, iPhone

Teaches: math, counting, logic, addition, clocks, angles

CTR Rating: 96%

Roblox

Windows, Mac OSX, Web

Teaches: math, programming, problem solving

CTR Rating: 78%

App Inventor for Android

Windows, Mac OSX, Android

Teaches: creativity, programming

Alice 3

Windows, Mac OSX, Linux

Teaches: programming, math, creativity

CTR Rating: 83.3333%

LEGO Education: WeDo Robotics

$40130, Windows, Mac OSX

Teaches: science, math, programming, writing

LittleBigPlanet

$60, PlayStation 3

Teaches: creativity, logic, physics

CTR Rating: 90%

Scratch

Windows, Mac OSX

Teaches: programming, creativity, math, logic, problem solving, debugging, deductive reasoning, higher-order thinking

CTR Rating: 96%

Apple Logo

Apple II, IBM

Teaches: math, problems solving, spatial thinking, angles, computer programming

Terrapin Logo

$99.95, Win, Mac

Teaches: math, problems solving, spatial thinking, angles, computer programming